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Slea Head loop from Dingle

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Slea Head loop from Dingle

Hard

4.7

(20)

217

riders

Slea Head loop from Dingle

03:42

60.3km

560m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 7, 2024

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Parking

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6.98 km

View of Ventry Beach and Mount Eagle

Highlight • Viewpoint

This vast, crescent-shaped bay offers one of the safest and most beautiful sandy beaches on the peninsula. Only the view is somewhat spoiled by the caravans behind the beach. For the cyclist, the passage along this Blue Flag beach is a relief: a flat road with a sweeping view of the crystal-clear water and the green headlands protecting the bay. The rugged peaks of Mount Eagle lie in the background.

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9.33 km

Cill Cholmáin Monastery Ruins

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This is Kilcolmáin, the ruins of an Early Christian Monastery founded by Saint Colmán.

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16.3 km

Fahan Beehive Huts and Coastal Cliffs View

Highlight • Historical Site

Directly along the spectacular Slea Head Drive lie these unique 'clocháin' or beehive huts. These conical stone structures, built without cement using the ancient dry-stone method, once housed early Christian hermits. From the bike, you have a phenomenal view here of the cliffs that fall sheer into the Atlantic Ocean, with the contours of the Blasket Islands on the horizon.

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26.5 km

View of Clogher Head and Ceann Sibeal

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From this elevated viewpoint, you have a phenomenal view of the jagged 'teeth' of Clogher Head braving the Atlantic swell. Directly behind them rise the monumental red sandstone cliffs of Ceann Sibéal (Sybil Head), which at 200 meters high form an unassailable barrier. For the cyclist, this point offers a stunning contrast: the deep blue bay of Ferriter's Cove at your feet and the dramatic rock faces that served as a backdrop for Star Wars on the horizon. A place where the raw, northern power of the Wild Atlantic Way becomes tangible.

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60.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

59.2 km

1.03 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.4 km

9.19 km

674 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 22 August

19°C

11°C

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Cill Cholmáin Monastery Ruins

Fahan Beehive Huts and Coastal Cliffs View

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